Rich learning
Share much of what we learn with one another and others
That Presley and Kennedy will learn:
*Obedience and Cooperation with their leaders
*The appropriate give and take that comes from being with other children
*The discipline of a quiet, learning attitude for times of Bible storytelling and hymn singing
*The joy that comes with a grateful and appreciative heart
They will learn:
* to recognize and understand new vocabulary words of beauty and power from God's Word.
*to recall many stories from the Word
*to enjoy singing meaningful hymns
I have seen many changes and developments in their hearts, minds and actions of Presley and Kennedy because of the time they have spent in BSF.
Bible Reading:
Psalms 119:9-16
How can Presley and Kennedy keep their way pure?
By living according to your word.
I pray they will seek you with all their heart;
do not let them stray from your commandments.
I pray Your Word will be hidden in their hearts
that they might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, O Lord;
teach Presley and Kennedy your decress.
With their lips they recount all the laws that come from Your mouth.
I pray they will rejoice in following Your statues
as one rejoices in great riches.
I pray they will meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
I pray they will delight in your decress;
that Presley and Kennedy will not neglect your Word.
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was THE WORD,
and THE WORD was with God,
and THE WORD was God.
(Through the gift and power of the Holy Spirit THE WORD is with me!)
He was with God in the beginning.
THE WORD - is the trinity. 3 in 1. A concept I have difficulty understanding. But after the study of John I understand just a smidge better. But Presley, at the tender age of 5, has such a greater understanding of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. She grasps that they are 3 but 1. God lives in her heart. God speaks to her. The Holy Spirit that lives in her heart is really God! No questions, no wondering, no understanding of what is so difficult to grasp. He is 3 and He is 1. It just is. I want her faith!
But next comes my favorite verse, verse 3.
"Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."
Without Him nothing. How easy to forget, how easy I forget. Without HIM nothing.
He chose me before creation, He chose my husband before creation, He chose my children before creation! All that I am, all that I have, all that is yet to come, is from HIM. As long as I am in Him, I will enjoy His blessing, but if I chose to step outside His will, WITHOUT HIM nothing. Nothing! Nothing good, no peace, no real joy, no happiness, no abundant life.
John 20:30-31
John 21:24-25
"Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written."
What I know of Jesus I have learned from His Word. The study of John has helped to know Jesus in a more intimate, personal way. I saw a Jesus who was fully God, but in the form of Man, fully surrendered to His Father and His Father's Will. Never once did He do His own Will. Every minute of every day, He did the work of the one who sent Him. Focused, Obedient, Radiating His Father. If you know Jesus, you know His Father because Jesus was God in the flesh. The power that was in Jesus as the Son of God and the Son of Man lives in me. I have that power in me. Yet that power is limited. Not because God is limited, but because I limit it by pursing my will over the will of the one who created me. What I know about Jesus' work while He was here on earth is finite, limited to what is recorded in the Word. But Jesus did MANY OTHER THINGS! So many other great, wonderful, miraculous, life changing things. I know this is true, but have never pondered it much.
"If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written."
The WHOLE WORLD would not have room. Incomprehensible!
But it should not be. When I look at my life and the wonderful, great, incredible, miraculous, life changing things He has done just this week, it is enough to fill pages. My life alone could fill volumes. Big things and small things. God is good. God is great. I am grateful to gain a better, deeper understanding of who God is and how much I still need to learn!
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